Last week, Brandon Sanderson visited his publisher’s office and agreed to film a “fun” video for us.

People in the SF community have heretofore displayed some amazing musical talent (sometimes with instruments only seen in Shakespearean movies), but who knew that some possessed theatrical talent that should not be confined to mere book readings.

For almost four weeks, Brandon had toured with friend and fellow author David Farlanduntil he flew to the East Coast. By himself.

In the video, Brandon talks about the dual author tour … and life without Dave. Well, Dave was there. In spirit. Well, his book was there. Hm.

Kudos to Brandon, our multimedia guru/ videographer, and our excellent good sport extras for jumping into the guerilla-style filmmaking (shot on a shoestring budget in 20 minutes- Sundance, you interested?).

Extra Credit: Guess the identity of the guy in the video (other than Brandon) for some postmodern amusement. Name all the people in it, and you really deserve a big prize.

The following footage was not caught on cameraremember, “guerrilla filmmaking”…

On the importance of scripts:

ME: Hey Brandon! We have a short script for you…

BRANDON: Do you mind if I ad-lib?

ME: Sure!

*Throws script away*

On the importance of volunteering:

ME: How would you two like to be in a video?

RELUCTANT TOR EMPLOYEES: NOOOOOO…

ME: So glad to have you!

On the importance of second chances:

RELUCTANT TOR EMPLOYEE #1: I haven’t been in a play since playing the Spoon in Beauty and the Beast in the 5th grade.

ME: Maybe this will inspire a new foray into acting for you.

RELUCTANT #1: Nope, don’t think so.

On the importance of staying silent:

BRANDON: Can someone say “Who Killed Asmodean?” in the 3rd scene? That’s a question I get from many people ..

EMPLOYEE #2: Can I say it in my best Comic Book Guy voice?

The writer of this post stayed silent. But later that day, she would go onto the internet and google “Asmodean.“ Please don’t hate.